Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Guantanamo Bay a "perfect place" to house migrants, but Amnesty International USA has decried the scheme as "profoundly cruel."

The flights, which left Fort Bliss in Texas, represent a significant victory for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to carry out sweeping deportations.

Venezuela has brought home nearly 200 undocumented migrants from the United States, even as the UN warned there should be no forced returns to the troubled Caribbean country.

Two flights carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the US arrived in the Latin American country. The flights are part of a push from Washington to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who fled their homeland amid an economic crisis and President Nicolás Maduro’s sweeping crackdown on dissent.

The development comes shortly after Trump envoy Richard Grenell met the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. View on euronews

Venezuela sent two planes to bring nearly 200 undocumented migrants back from the United States, saying it hoped for a "new beginning" in ties with Washington, which does not recognize

Two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States - the first since a January deal between the administration of US Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro - landed at Venezuela's La Guaira airport.

President Nicolás Maduro announced that the first of two flights carrying Venezuelans deported from the United States arrived on Monday at Simón Bolívar International Airport, which serves Caracas. On his weekly television program,